Richard Neil Bechtel

Background

Bechtel, Richard Neil was born on November 2, 1932 in Marion, Ohio, United States. Son of Leonard Lorain and Eleanor G. (Williams) Bechtel.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Ohio State University, 1955.

Career

Associate architect, W. W. Wurst, American Institute of Architects, Dayton, Ohio., 1959-1963; owner, R. N. Bechtel, Architect, Dayton, 1963-1967; partner, Bechtel Longnecker & Ostendorf, Dayton, 1968-1974; owner, principal, Bechtel Associations, Vandlia, Ohio., 1975-1989; president, Bechtel Associations, Centerville, Ohio., since 1989. President Dayton Area Board Building Standards, Dayton, 1972, 75, 77.

Achievements

• Richard Neil Bechtel has been listed as a notable Architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elected member Vandalia Board Education, 1978-1988, president, 1982, 85, 87. Member Montgomery County Republican Center Committee, 1970, 78. Member American Institute of Architects, Navy League United States (county president 1978-1979, Ohio state vice president 1980), Ohio State University Association, Architects Society Ohio (board directors 1985, 87), Optimist International, National Exch.

Club (chapter president 1972-1973), Alpha Rho Chi.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, golfing, squash racquets, choral work.

Connections

Married Mary J. Fillman, May 29, 1957 (divorced September 1987). Married Ethel Louise Porman, November 25, 1987 (deceased September 1996). 1 child, Grady Stewart Randall.

Father:

Leonard Lorain Bechtel

Mother:

Eleanor G. (Williams) Bechtel

Spouse:

Ethel Louise Porman

Spouse:

Mary J. Fillman

child:

Grady Stewart Randall Bechtel